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Matt Igoe runs Hudson Valley Duck Farm as well as working their stand at Greenmarkets around the city. And he wants you to have a sample. "I love when people give you that sideways look, where you know they want one, but they're a little scared," Igoe says. "Come here! Don't just look at it!"
Igoe is a missionary of duck, seeking to expand its popularity with New York's urban dwellers. "The idea was that we'd go out, start selling at farmer's markets and get in touch with people and educate them: how you cook duck, how you eat it, and the health benefits." The farm is cage free, antibiotic free and hormone free. The farm has had a great deal of success since starting to sell in New York's markets last fall.
Hudson Valley sells two breeds of fresh duck, the Moulard and the Lola. The Moulard is larger and the more traditional of the two, while the Lola is a leaner and gamier bird. If you're not sure which to try, Igoe usually recommends starting out with the Moulard and then moving on to the Lola.
Hudson Valley sells a selection of duck charcuterie in addition to their raw duck meat, which is what's usually up for samples at the market. Heed Igoe's advice and stop by their stand for a taste of the duck salami, duck prosciutto or smoked duck breast. Don't be shy. Igoe also sells fully cooked legs of duck confit as well as duck rillettes. The charcuterie offerings are a great way for people who aren't too sure about cooking duck to get their feet wet. It's a safe bet that once they try these goods, many will want to take a crack at cooking some of Hudson Valley's meat at home.
Cooking the duck couldn't be easier. Igoe recommends a simple preparation: grilling if possible, but for apartment dwellers, he prefers seering the breasts for three minutes per side in an ultra-hot grill pan to cook the meat medium rare.
Click through the slide show for a closer look at Hudson Valley's wares!
Hudson Valley Duck Farm is at the Union Square Greenmarket on Mondays, at the Fort Greene, Tribeca, Tucker Square and Inwood Greenmarkets on Saturdays and at the Columbia and Caroll Gardens Greenmarkets on Sundays.


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University of Leeds senior management are insisting on reducing staff to cut costs in the School of Medicine and the Faculty of Biological Sciences, and they refuse to rule out compulsory redundancies.
UCU reps have argued the widespread belief that the university's opaque funding allocation model under-funds many STEM* subjects which are more expensive to research and teach, and called upon the senior management to be more open about the funding model and improve its approach, to properly fund all subjects instead of cutting jobs.
(*Science, technology, engineering and mathematics)
Email sent to branch members 11 January 2021
As you are probably aware, the university started a voluntary redundancy scheme in the Faculty of Biological Science and the School of Medicine last semester and the deadline for applications to the scheme has now passed. For more on the history of this, see the leeds.ucu.org.uk article: http://www.leedsucu.org.uk/vls-in-fbs-and-medicine/
Here is what has happened since we wrote that article:
Our regional UCU officer wrote to the VC to ask that compulsory redundancies are ruled out
The VC replied to say that she was unable to rule out compulsory redundancies
Our regional UCU officer replied with a 'failure to agree letter' saying we will not accept compulsory redundancies and asking to pause the consideration of any further voluntary redundancies until we are out of the current COVID crisis and until we've been properly consulted with full financial information. If an assurance cannot be given by the end of Monday, the regional officer will send a letter, entering into dispute with the university.
We're planning a press release to make public that the university is planning to get rid of staff in some of the areas that might be considered most essential at this time.
We've also launched a petition – please sign and ask your colleagues at this and other universities to sign, plus alumni and anyone else with a connection to the university
Stop redundancies at University of Leeds
While all this is happening, we're also negotiating on our anti-casualisation claim and have made some progress in discussions with HR. See more detail on the claim
here: http://www.leedsucu.org.uk/ucu-anti-casualisation-claim-submitted-to-university-of-leeds/
Across the university (for example via casework) and at every opportunity in our meetings with HR and senior management we've been fighting hard to persuade HR to renew as many fixed-term and fixed-funded contracts as possible and to provide us with more detailed information about which contracts are being considered for non-renewal and why. We've made some progress as HR are now reviewing all fixed-term contracts longer than three years and, where there is no reasonable justification, transferring those staff on to permanent contracts. We continue to push management at every opportunity that the university should not be ending anyone's employment in the middle of a pandemic
If you have been on a fixed-term contract for 3 years or more, contact your local HR officer to say you believe you should be made permanent, and ask the branch for a caseworker if there are any problems.
Please do remember to sign the petition. We'll be in touch soon with any developments.
UCU Branch Secretary, on behalf of UCU committee
The UCU branch committee sends our thanks and support to schoolteachers in the National Education Union whose refusal to work in dangerous conditions forced the government to move more quickly in moving most school teaching online. Their action has made us all more safe.
The government has left continuing confusion about who should be working and who should be able to send their children to school, and what should happen when people who shouldn't send their children to school are required to work. As a result, school attendance has been much higher than during the first lockdown meaning that teachers are less safe and the curb on the spread of the virus will be less effective, placing all our communities at further risk.
It is vital that university staff with school-age children can play our part in keeping school attendance low. Therefore, the UCU committee has written to the vice-chancellor and spoken to senior HR managers about the need to reduce workloads and extend the availability of special leave for staff whose role is not critical for the health or wellbeing of students, staff or society. We have impressed upon HR that it is not enough to say, "Do what you can," or "Work when you can." We need clear reductions in workloads to off-set the amount of childcare staff members will need to provide in their circumstances, so that those of us with childcare responsibilities are still able to achieve and excel within appropriate workloads.
Senior HR managers have indicated they also think most staff shouldn't be classed as critical workers for the purposes of being able to send their children to school, because of the community responsibility of reducing the spread of the virus, and are considering UCU's advice on dealing with workloads.
However, we are deeply concerned that University HR have rejected our request for a blanket extension of special leave provision. They have stated that staff should take special leave as necessary within the extended limit of ten days and if they need more than ten days they should talk to their head of school or service or local HR team and individual circumstances will be considered.
UCU University of Leeds branch joins with other unions in urging everyone to support primary and secondary school staff by not sending children to school if at all possible. We understand that some roles are genuinely critical to the health and wellbeing of students, staff, or society, but wherever possible staff must be supported to care for children at home, without detriment, in order to reduce the spread of the virus. If you have problems with your line manager or head of school or service not reducing your workload to enable you to do that, without working all hours to compensate, contact the UCU branch officers by email ucu@leeds.ac.uk.
Message from branch president Ben Plumpton sent to members Tuesday 5 January 2020
Happy New Year, and here's hoping it is a better one than 2020…
I'm writing to let you know that Leeds UCU is working hard on your behalf related to the current lockdown and with regard to the seriousness of the increasing pandemic. In particular, we have asked the VC to:
Move everything possible (most teaching, research, support and administration) online again until Easter, i.e. going beyond the (current) Government guidance. This would be the safest thing we could do for our students, our staff, and the wider community. This university can do better than the government guidance, particularly considering how poor the government have been at taking on board scientific advice. And constantly changing arrangements are difficult for both students and staff.
Review the university provision to support parents and carers, to be more radical and generous in what is on offer, not expecting staff to care full time and work full time, and recognising that it should be OK for carers to do fewer hours and fewer things that they would normally do. (Full detail of our email on this copied below the email to members). We know that many of you have felt a need to keep some carers' leave in reserve, in case of worse situations, but unfortunately management have taken the fact that few people have 'used up' their carers leave to mean there isn't a problem. So we would encourage you, if you now have caring responsibilities as a result of school closures or any other issues, to make use of any remaining carers leave you have, and thereafter to speak with your line manager about further arrangements (see https://coronavirus.leeds.ac.uk/staff-advice/working-from-home/#balancing_caring_responsibilities)
The campus trade unions are also meeting with Health and Safety this afternoon and with HR tomorrow.
We understand that the university's Senior Management Team met this morning to take decisions on next steps. We don't know the full details of how the new national lockdown applies yet, for example what will happen about laboratories or libraries, but we are of course pushing for much improved safety. The latest government guidance (as far as it goes) is here https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/949536/NationalLockdownGuidance.pdf
If you aren't sure what's going on in your area, or if you are asked to come onto campus despite the lockdown, contact your line manager or head of school/service. If you are concerned about their reply and need your union's support, email ucu@leeds.ac.uk or contact your UCU department rep.
We'll be writing again soon about what's happening with FBS and Medicine redundancies, and also about our ongoing work on anti-casualisation. We are planning an extra General Meeting soon, probably early in February, so keep an eye open for notification of that.
Members voted in December to call a dispute if senior management won't rule out compulsory redundancies in the Faculty of Biological Sciences and the School of Medicine. It's important all of us in this branch check and update our membership details in case we move to a ballot.
Please check:
You have the right employer and workplace. If you have moved jobs it's important we only ballot those of us who are employed by the University of Leeds.
Your home address and email address are up to date
Your home address is your 'preferred address' for mailing unless you're confident you will be working on campus even in a full pandemic lockdown
Your membership type. If you do paid work for the university you should have full membership. If you're a postgraduate student who does paid teaching* directly for the university that should normally be full free membership. (Full free membership is only for postgraduate students – if you're no longer a student please upgrade to full paying membership.) If you're a postgraduate student who doesn't do any qualifying paid work you should choose student membership not full membership – you won't be eligible to vote in the ballot. If you have finished working at the university and not yet started a new job you should choose unemployed membership (which is free, up to a year) or retired membership if appropriate.
If we move to a formal ballot we will need to remove from the ballot any of us who won't be in work for the potential period of industrial action. We'll email members about this, but if you know now that you won't be doing any work for the university for the rest of this academic year you can let us know now by emailing ucu@leeds.ac.uk.
(*Postgraduate students who do non-teaching paid work for the university which would come under the academic or academic-related constituency may also be eligible for full free membership.)

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Portland man among five Oregonians who walked 151 miles across African desert to raise funds for orphans
By Wendy Owen | The Oregonian/OregonLive
View full sizeCourtesy of Steve RandolphSteve Randolph, of Portland, walked across a portion of the Great Rift Valley with four other Oregonians to raise money for the Makindu Children's Center
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Five Oregonians were among a group of 10 people who hiked 151 miles across the northern Rift Valley in Kenya this summer to raise funds for the
Makindu Children's Center.
The center, which was started by a physician's assistant in Brownsville, helps 1,200 needy children, mostly orphans, with essential services such as food, health care, school tuition and matches them with guardians in Makindu and surrounding villages so they have shelter and safety.
Steve Randolph, of Portland, was among the group this year as was
Winnie Barron, who co-founded the Makindu Children's Center
about 12 years ago. Randolph works in agency relations for the
Oregon Food Bank.
Every other year, a group of hikers sets off on what the children's program terms a
"Proper Walk"
to raise funds for the kids. The walkers have to raise their own money to cover the costs of the trip and walk in addition to donations. They raised $82,000, just shy of their $100,000 goal.
It was Randolph's third Proper Walk and it was a tough one. He recounted it in an email: "Rain the first five nights kept the trail muddy and our socks damp. We climbed ... to 8200 ft.; then a long up and down descent to
Lake Turkana
. The terrain was brutal the last three days - volcanic rocks of all sizes to negotiate - and it was searingly hot and windy. It was a great feeling of accomplishment
to splash in the Lake (keeping an eye out for Nile Crocs)." He kept a
journal of the trip
Barron, who spent a week in the hospital with African tick bite fever upon her return to Oregon, described seeing zebras, ostriches, gazelles, and "one lone and huge tortoise, as well as plenty of ticks and scorpions in the campsites. We also walked through many villages along the way, giving us the opportunity to visit and connect with many of the local folks... who found us and our camels all very strange and intriguing," she wrote in an email.
The three other Oregon walkers came from Corvallis and the Eugene area.
Donations are tax deductible and can be
made online
or mailed to Makindu Children's Program, P.O. Box 51556, Eugene, OR, 97405.
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On a slate with a lot of elite pitching, Chris Sale stands out above the rest as he faces the Chicago White Sox. Which other players should you consider on DraftKings?
Every day is unique for daily fantasy baseball, which is both a blessing and a challenge. Although we can't simply plug and play our favorite studs day in and day out, each slate presents us with a chance for a new gem to vault us up the leaderboards.
Through the use of numberFire's tools, we can better identify the players primed to succeed each day, making the process of filling out a lineup just that much easier. In addition to our custom optimal lineups, you can check out our batting and pitching heat maps, which show the pieces in the best spot to succeed on that slate. Put on the finishing touches with our games and lineups page to see who's hitting where and what the weather looks like, and you'll have yourself a snazzy looking team to put up some big point totals.
Which names stand out for today on the DraftKings main slate? Let's check it out, starting with the pitchers.
Pitchers to Target
High-Priced Pitcher
Chris Sale ($11,100 on DraftKings): Left-hander Chris Sale has been dominant this season, his second with the Boston Red Sox. He's got an elite 34 percent strikeout rate, 0.98 WHIP and 2.90 xFIP, all of which are top-three on the slate. He has also done a fantastic job at limited hard-contact with just a 26.2 hard-hit rate and 85.3 mile-per-hour average exit velocity. Sale's matchup tonight is among the best as he takes on the Chicago White Sox who have a 24.7 strikeout rate, the fifth-worst in the Majors and have struggled to generate much offence with 238 runs, ranked the fourth-lowest in all of baseball.
J.A. Happ ($10,400): One of the somewhat bright spots for the Toronto Blue Jays this season is J.A. Happ's performance. While his ERA looks bad at 4.08, his 3.17 xFIP indicates that he's been getting a bit unlucky. He has a fantastic 30 percent strikeout rate and his 1.13 WHIP is also very good. He has a matchup tonight against the Baltimore Orioles who have a 24.6 strikeout rate, 82 wRC+ and .293 team weighted on-base average (wOBA), all of which are among the bottom-six in the Majors.
Low-Priced Pitcher
Garrett Richards ($7,700): Garrett Richards has had a bit of a roller coaster season with plenty of ups and downs. He has put up a solid 26.9 percent strikeout rate, 1.23 WHIP and 3.58 xFIP. Obviously these numbers are far from elite, but that is also why he is priced at $7,700. He has also limited his average batted-ball distance to just 143 feet. The Los Angeles Angels are small -120 favourites, but there is nothing that stands out from the Minnesota Twins that scares me away from Richards as a solid SP2 tonight.
Hitters to Target
High-Priced Hitters
Charlie Blackmon ($5,800): Happy Coors Field night! The Colorado Rockies are hosting the Arizona Diamondbacks, and Zack Greinke will be on the mound for the D-Backs. His peripherals are a bit troubling this season, which could get him into a lot of trouble in this high-octane hitting environment. He's given up a slate-worst 45.1 percent hard-hit rate with an 89.6 mile-per-hour average exit velocity and 195-foot batted-ball distance. Charlie Blackmon hasn't been as dominant against righties in 2018 as he was in 2017, but his .383 wOBA and .264 isolated power (ISO) are still great, so he should be able to crush one tonight.
Jose Ramirez ($5,500): Jose Ramirez has been an absolute beast this year, posting a solid combination of both power (19 home runs) and speed (7 stolen bases) while not sacrificing his batting average, which sits at .298 with a 1.028 OPS. Additionally, he has destroyed right-handed pitching to the tune of a .454 wOBA and .372 ISO. Taking on Michael Fulmer and the Detroit Tigers tonight should be a solid matchup as Fulmer has given up a 39.1 percent hard-hit rate and an 88.2 mile-per-hour average exit velocity which has resulted in a 4.34 xFIP.
Justin Smoak ($4,300): Toronto Blue Jays switch-hitter Justin Smoak has had a bit more success against right-handed pitching than left-handed pitching throughout his career, especially in the power department. He's put up a decent .352 wOBA but a very impressive .244 ISO against righties this season and looks to continue that tonight against Andrew Cashner of the Orioles. Cashner has struggled with a terrible 1.67 WHIP and 4.79 xFIP. Additionally, his line-drive rate of 23.7 percent is causing him to give up the seventh-most hits in the Majors.
Value Hitters
Evan Gattis ($3,900): You want to talk about a baseball player that is on an absolute tear? Look no further than Evan Gattis. Over his last 10 games, he has put up a "meh" .263 AVG but a 1.062 OPS, 6 home runs, 14 RBI and 8 runs. He doesn't always get on base, but when he does, he's doing something with it. Gattis has been better against left-handed pitching than right-handed pitching in his career, but taking on Doug Fister could help his case. Fister has given up a 39.6 percent hard-hit rate, which has led to a 18.5 percent home run-to-fly-ball rate, 1.38 WHIP and 4.44 xFIP. He also has a slate-low 14.2 percent strikeout rate so Gattis will likely be swinging for the fences.
Marcell Ozuna ($3,700): The start of the 2018 season was slow for Marcell Ozuna as he adjusted to life with the St. Louis Cardinals. However, he has picked things up as of late and over his last 10 games he has a solid .345 AVG, .976 OPS, 2 home runs and 7 RBI. He's taking on right-hander Matt Harvey of the Cincinnati Reds, and Ozuna has smashed righties in the past. While this season hasn't been great, he put up an elite .400 wOBA and .268 ISO against righties in 2017 with the Miami Marlins.
Brian Anderson ($3,500): Eric Lauer has had a couple decent starts but has mostly been terrible this season. He has put up a 1.83 WHIP and 4.86 xFIP, which are both among the bottom-two on the slate, and his 19.1 percent strikeout rate isn't getting many to bite. Additionally, he has a slate-worst 205-foot average batted-ball distance and a 42.9 percent hard-hit rate, which can certainly get him in trouble. Brian Anderson and the Miami Marlins are not the best offensive team, but he has a decent .355 wOBA and .164 ISO. Even better, over his last 10 games, Anderson has been hitting .400 with a 1.042 OPS, five extra-base hits and seven RBI.
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NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 is scheduled to arrive on October 16 for PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch for $29.99. Check out the new trailer, screenshots and details below.
I am seeing November 9th as the release date for the switch version. Is that correct or will it be releasing the same date as the other versions?
Also, is it releasing physical copies or just digital?
It's only the physical version of Playgrounds 2 on Switch that's releasing on November 9. The digital download still comes out on October 16.
Looks cools , but gonna wait for the review to get it.
Release date is October 16 It's a 2K game so definitely going to wait for reviews and maybe a patch or two before pickup.
VC Strikes again!!! And it looks slower and shot meters. It suppose to be a arcade type game right? No thanks 2K.
I hate 2k and I don't buy their games.
I was going to buy this but was turned off by the slow speed of play. The roster behind a paywall is just unacceptable.
Anyone who buys this is part of the problem.
Like with Hollywood getting a wake up call, consumers need to send the same message to sick video game companies.
So basically this game will cost you 40 bones to have access to all the players?
Count me as part of the problem . . . I guess. I actually really enjoyed the first Playgrounds and bought the new one. For me, it's easy to pick up and play a couple games and move on. I just don't have the time anymore to put into NBA 2k19.
I also unlocked all players so I could get MJ. I like what they've done with the game.
If anyone else is playing I have a question. Does a player need to be at certain level to pull off their signature moves? As mentioned, I have MJ, and every time he does a signature move, the shot meter stays completely red and he misses. Very frustrating.
I think I'm still going to pick this up eventually. But I'll wait for a sale. And by then I'm guessing there will be a patch to give out more VC when playing.
Still waiting to review a full roster online before I decide. I haven't seen one..
I caved. I enjoyed the first one despite hating the rebounding mechanics. Only played a couple games and looked around the menus a bit. More to come after some more time with it tonight.
Since someone mentioned the rosters. They got worse. Maybe players will be added as DLC (Ugh). Fewer players on almost every team. Seems like more current and less legends. Celtics had 21 in PG1 but now have 12 players. Bucks went from 12 to 10. Somehow Yi JianLian is on the Bucks but not Archibald, Dantley or even Middelton. WTF. No David Robinson on the Spurs.
Players are slower, which is odd for an arcade game. They feel too sluggish now.
This is the anti-NBA. 3-pointers are set to what seems less than sim-like percentages. No green area in the shot bar behind the 3 point line, even with guys like Jimmy Butler and Cylde Drexler. You are much better off taking a long 2.
Rebound seem better, bit still not quite right. Stealing is easier.
Courts can be selected in the options since there is no longer a tournament option. Can also select type of ball and win conditions (time limit, first to X points).
Still have to win games to earn "points" to get card packs, but they made it more complicated with things like VC as well as baller bucks, splitting card packs into 3 tiers, and adding useless crap like swag items. Have to play some more to see if the pace of unlocking players is similar to PG1 or if they made it harder to encourage using real dollars to unlock things.
Right now $30 seems like too much for this. Most upset about the degraded rosters and slower play.
Well, the roster is supposed to be way bigger. Like twice? Must be all locked to start. But hey, for 9.99 they'll unlock everything for you uuuugh.
I'm specifically who are all the Cavs including unlockables. Plus there's DLC later..
Are there 2 vs 2 online competition or is it only 3 point contest? Hopefully they have more then just unlocking players and playing mini seasons.
Since its 2K I was hoping for blacktop/my court type of competition.
Maybe they have unlockables that are hidden away somewhere. When you go into your card collection you can see each teams roster, and the locked players show up, just with chains over their cards. Each team also shows you how many you have, like 1/10. I double-checked against PG1 and there are significantly less players available in 2.
After a dozen more games I think this is worse than PG1. Other than the improved (but still not quite right) rebounding, there is nothing better about it for offline players. I don't play online, so I can't comment on that aspect of the game.
Taking longer to get packs to unlock players. The 3 tiers, mixing in the useless YT stars in packs, and 25 coins (which takes up a player card, so you get 4 players per pack) all contribute to a longer grind to get players. I'm already tired of the 20 I have to choose from. Over a dozen games and only 20 players to choose from.
On defense players are locked into a strafe mode. Even using turbo won't break them out of it. Frustrating seeing your legend dribble down the court with turbo while a strafing scrub keeps up with him and blocks your path. The defensive players staying in front of the offense is overdone.
Too many missed dunks, even when in the green. CPU seems to know threes are nerfed because they take a ton of long twos just in front of the 3 point line.
Some players not in the original visible rosters can be unlocked playing season. Play a season with a team, get a player from that team not in the card collection roster. Not sure if there are multiple players per team if you complete multiple seasons.
Long grind though. A season is 15 games. To unlock 1 player. At least you still earn baller bucks of whatever they are called while playing season games.
Since I am running out of NBA game options I thought I'd give this game a shot. I mean I can't stand anything about 2k19 these days and Live was completely ruined for me after last patch for The One mode.
Fast forward to yesterday everything you read about this game is true. It's truly a HUGE disappointment. I really honestly think 2K should stop making NBA game aside for their die hard SIM only franchise players. Talk about a total disaster. I never bought 1 but I watched some videos and looked fun. As someone who like more arcade less super unrealistic CPU defense I thought this would be fun too. Boy was I completely wrong.
For starters the game feels so slow it's it's almost unplayable. NBA JAM players would run circles around anyone in this game. It's not even a little slow where you say okay I can deal with it. I mean it's REALLY REALLY REALLY slow. They note there is turbo boos but when you press or hold it still feels like the player is walking.
Dunk animations look good but don't get excited 75% don't go in. I mean why make a NBA JAM kind of game and expect people to have fun missing dunks? So far we have slow game with dunks missing so what do you do all game? Spam the steal button, take mid range jump shots, and layups. Yup, that's what you have to settle for in order to win. CPU is not overpowering in some levels at least unless you play super star of course. But, they do have this one top of the key 2 point shot that always goes in about 95% of the time. I guess that's the unmissable spot for all?
Anyways huge let down for me I was expecting so much more and hoped to relive some of my childhood memories of NBA JAM.
Also all the micro-transactions added to the game it's a awful illusion. They priced the game at 29.99 so lure you into buying but as many said no way you are going to unlock all those packs unless you spend more money. I for sure wasn't going to sit there for half a year to get some players I wanted. So I ended up dissing the $9.99 and even with MJ game is awful. MJ has all these great signature dunks and moves but most miss.
To sum it up 2K please do not make another NBA game and try to make it fun. We know what you did with my favorite mode My Player and now I know what you did to this game. Oh well back to Live I guess. I rather play super CPU defense in The One and earn skill points then touch any of these awful 2K games this year.
I didn't buy this game because of how they ruined the 1st one with unnecessary patches that made it impossible to hit open 3's.
From the user reviews I have read on this new Playgrounds, sounds like it won't even hit the bargain bin, more like the trash bin.
I concur with Celtics4Life on the game being slow and dunks failing as much as they work.
The turbo is useless. Using it with Clyde Drexler and Jimmy Butler I still get caught by guys like Timothy Mozgov. If you get out front on a break, the game will let the CPU defenders catch you.
Long range twos are more effective than dunks, and I know how to time the meter. Dunk attempts in the green area of the meter miss about 50% of the time.
Also keep this in mind for unlocking players. You do have the option to unlock specific players at the cost of 10,000 baller bucks (or whatever they call them). For comparison, a gold 5-pack of cards costs 1,500, silver 3,000, and platinum is like 5,000. And that is only an option for the players not locked into the season mode. Guys like Towns of Minnesota can apparently only be unlocked by completing the Wolves season. He doesn't show up in their roster of locked players. There must be a lot of players locked down this way, because the team with the most roster spots is Boston at 12. Most teams have 10 or less. If the advertising of over 400 players is true, then 100+ players are either locked into season mode or locked some other way. If it's season, you'll have to play 100+ seasons of 15 games each in order get them all without paying.
I feel ripped off paying $30 for this. That amount of money for an arcade game should get me most of the content. I'm fine with completing modes and challenges to get bonuses, but not to unlock all but the 10 players I got out of the couple of starter packs.
...and even with MJ game is awful. MJ has all these great signature dunks and moves but most miss.
This is what I was alluding to earlier . . . for some reason when using MJ with his signature moves the shot meter stays red most of the time. Very frustrating especially in a close game.
I know I'm in the minority big time but I actually like the game and so do my boys.
So that's where Robinson went. Still, teams like the Celtics went from 21 players in PG1 to 12 in PG2. Where did they all go?
BTW, you have to WIN the season, not just complete it. I got to the second round of the playoffs with the Wolves and did not unlock towns. If you don't win the championship you unlock nothing.
the 3 pointers are sad as well because how can u have a player at 80% 3 pointer shooter but yet only one of 18 got in. Something aint right with this bull****.
If you pay to unlock all players, is it all players ? Even the ones you must complete a season to unlock ?
Especially when the packs are 4 cards instead of 5 and include YouTube characters.
I have the same problem. The 3-point percentages need to be fixed. It's harder to make a 3 in this game than 2k19. I'm about the same, averaging 1 out of 15 or so. And that is with guys known to shoot threes. There is never a green area in the meter. Best I can get is about 29% on the meter.
I am happy the rebounding was addressed. That is much less frustrating.
I think you are missing the point here.... This is supposed to be a full out arcade game not SIM. You should be playing 2k19 if you want SIM not this game. I find this post hilarious another 2k fan who loves sim and wants it on a NBA JAM style full Arcade game lol Gotta love 2K for this they can't even make a good arcade style NBA game because they are so stuck on SIM and VC to make more money. Game is complete garbage to me I played just few times and never bothered again. When you have Jordan running as fast as Porzingis and can't dunk nor make good open shots ya you're right this game is somewhat SIM which is why it's THE worst arcade style NBA game I have played. My SNES NBA Jam is miles better then this.
How is he missing the point by giving his impression? Lol. Just like you gave your opinion that you didn't enjoy the game, he can give his. I dont even see where he said he was a 2k fan. Not everyone is so focused on these companies that make the game and all that other nonsense...some just play the game in front of them and like it or dislike it. We have to stop with this stuff.
This game has been out for how long and I still can't find a full roster anywhere online.
Generally, I enjoy the game more than the first one. But whoever came up with the pricing scheme for the card packs is tone deaf. I am a 38 year old who is lucky to play more than 1-2 hours on the PS4 everyday. At this rate, I will NEVER get all the unlockables. Which means, at some point ill probably cave in and buy VC for more players - which is EXACTLY what they want.
Shawn Kemp was added to the Cavs roster yesterday.
This is $20 now.........PS4 or switch version ??
Can I play local 4 players (2 v 2) if I have two joy cons ?
I'm sure the PS4 version is the better version but I only have one PS4 controller vs the switch version which is probably lesser of the two but I have 2 joy cons (which hopefully you can separate into two and play some 2 v 2 in the living room).
Anyone have any input on this ?
Ebgames said if this wasn't the case I could return the game........but it does in fact work as I asked.
2 joycons (split in half) can give you 4 human player action (2 v 2). My guys love it, simple, easy to play.


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"Ghosting" is a term first coined by Millennials that originally referred to dating behavior. Ghosting is when a person cuts off all forms of communication without any reasoning. In the digital age of communication that we live in, ghosting someone is an intentional act of doing nothing instead of informing the other person that they are no longer interested.
Some people say the trend comes from an increase in the number of people who choose to avoid having difficult conversations by choosing to opt out and disappear in their own way. With nearly every form of communication being digital, it's very easy to just block a number or person online and simply ignore them. Although this is mainly seen at the beginning of a relationship, it can sometimes happen later on in a relationship as well.
Recruiters and hiring managers have started seeing this trend at all stages of employment. An applicant may not respond to any emails, calls, or texts, making it very difficult to even schedule an interview. Some pull a no show to interviews and never say why they didn't show up or what made them change their mind. The same behavior can happen later in the job application process as well. Once an offer is on the table, some applicants don't bother to decline offers – they just won't respond to the employer. This wastes the time of the company and extends the time invested in finding another applicant to fill the needed position.
Unfortunately there's not much you can do to prevent someone from cutting all communication. It happens without warning and sometimes without reason. It's not you, it's them. Establishing frequent communication with an applicant may help prevent future ghosting. If the person shows good communication skills, they may be less likely to ghost a company. However, nothing is guaranteed.
What experiences have you had with ghosting in the workplace? Share your thoughts in the comments and include any advice you think could help prevent ghosting.


Kitchen design has continuously evolved at a fast pace. With new advancements in technology and electronics, more updates on the latest gadgets and innovative materials, clients now have the widest range of choices to form and create a modern kitchen.
Regardless of the shifting design trends in design, there are five essential and very important design elements that every modern kitchen should have.
The main factors in considering the right material is durability, quality, design and of course maintenance/ease to clean. Just like certain colours – within design, there has to be careful consideration in the combination of materials in line with the overall design, concept and space of your kitchen.
Our previous clients have chosen wood, steel, marble, concrete for counter-tops which compliments their choice of cabinetry and overall style. Taps, appliances, glass splash backs, chairs and lighting all with their own textures can accentuate the structure and base design of your kitchen. Visualising your old kitchen as a blank canvas ensures you get to a good start in imagining what style, textures and environment your new kitchen will have.
The kitchen can become a busy area of the house at particular times – including the morning rush, group get togethers and preparing Sunday roasts! With a seamless modern kitchen, the utilisation of stream-lined cabinetry and internal hidden drawers is advantageous in ensuring your kitchen work surfaces are clutter and hazard free whilst your kitchen utensils, food and everything in-between is stored categorically.
We understand that kitchens can be beautiful and ergonomically designed. Our designers take into consideration how your kitchen would be used and would advise and consult on even the minute details to ensure you create the best memories in your new kitchen.
Every modern kitchen incorporates the idea of spaciousness. Many clients have transformed their kitchens into 'grand' rooms which combine their living room and dining room. This becomes the central hub for mealtimes, socialising and day-to-day activities.
With modern kitchens tending to be either a L or U shape, incorporating a kitchen island creates more additional space in addition to convenient storage.
The modern and post-modern design period began in the 1920s-60s and paved way to less dark and enclosed kitchen spaces with small windows to more light, airy and open space.
We know that natural light is important within a home and property, so a lot of our previous clients have requested for the combination of glass windows and skylights coupled with solar tubes and LED lighting for the evening.
With all the things within your kitchen you must always consider the quality.
For us quality is coupled with the idea of bespoke design – individually customised for you. Our diverse range of in-frame kitchens are made in the UK in our Joinery shop in Wetherby, completely bespoke and personalised and made to order. Our kitchens are supplied by two different high-quality and industry leading German manufacturers.
All our wooden products are FSc approved. This means the wood and wood based products we provide origins from FSc certified forests. Products made with wood from FSC forests are marked with a 'tick tree' logo. This is an assurance that the materials you buy with this on won't be harming the world's forests and it's of high quality.
Here at Watermark we truly believe in these five essential design elements (plus much more of course) – but hopefully this has provided you with more thoughts towards your dream (and future) kitchen and living space!
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Once you've received your first payout with Peer Hustle, your first payout will be initiated and should post within 7 days.
The exact timing that your first transfer will take can vary depending on many factors. If you have not received your funds by 7 days after your first charges, you should verify that the transfer hasn't failed for some reason and that your bank account information has been entered correctly.
All charges are processed on UTC Time so the processed date may not be the same as the date on which a charge is made in your local timezone. Most banks will post received funds on the same day as they are received. On occasion, banks may take 2-3 additional days to post funds. Also, keep in mind that transfers that are scheduled on weekends or holidays won't be accepted by your bank until the next business day.
After your first payout, transfers will be available in the bank account the next business day if created before 21:00 UTC (2pm PST). If the transfer fails (due to a typo in the bank details, for example), it can take up to five business days for Peer Hustle to be notified.


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How long does it normally take to resolve a Medicaid lien in an individual case?
In many states, Medicaid liens can be resolved rather quickly in individual cases. Also, in many states you cannot settle your personal injury case unless Medicaid consents to the settlement and you first agree with Medicaid on the amount of the lien. However, if you and your attorney are unable to agree with your state's Medicaid agency on the lien amount, it may be necessary to go to court, which takes additional time.
So What Can You Do to Speed Up the Process?
Keep an accurate journal of all the medical treatment you receive that's related to your injury, including the name of the provider and the date and type of service. Typically, Medicaid has up to 90 days to process a medical expense claim. Often, this process takes longer because the medical care provider does not send out bills on a timely basis.
Review your medical records and see if there are discrepancies in billing. Follow up with your medical care providers to ensure that they've billed Medicaid on a timely and accurate basis. If you are still receiving care at the time of settlement, work with your doctors and therapists to determine the last injury-related medical expense that is to be submitted to Medicaid. This process can take a long time, but failing to follow these tips often delays it even more.


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Trends in Follow-Up of Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Symptomatic Cholelithiasis
Francesca M. Dimou, Deepak Adhikari, Hemalkumar Mehta, Taylor S. Riall
Background Fewer than 25% of Medicare beneficiaries presenting with symptomatic cholelithiasis undergo elective cholecystectomy. To better understand underuse of cholecystectomy, we examined physician follow-up patterns after emergency department (ED) visits for symptomatic gallstones. Study Design We used 100% Texas Medicare claims (2001 to 2010) to identify patients 66 years of age and older who presented to the ED with symptomatic cholelithiasis and were discharged home without cholecystectomy. Timing of outpatient physician visits after ED discharge and rates of emergent cholecystectomy based on physician follow-up patterns were compared. Results In total, 11,126 patients presented to the ED with symptomatic cholelithiasis and were discharged without cholecystectomy. After discharge, 5,327 patients (47.9%) had an outpatient surgeon visit, 29.0% saw another physician and never saw a surgeon, and 23.1% never saw a physician; 68.2% of patients who saw a surgeon underwent elective cholecystectomy; and 8.3% of patients who saw a surgeon, 14.6% of patients who saw other physicians and no surgeon, and 77.6% of patients who never saw any physician, required emergent hospitalization (p <0.0001). For people who did not see a physician, mean time to emergent hospitalization was 7.5 days (median 2 days); 95.9% presented within 2 weeks after their initial presentation. Conclusions Fewer than half of patients were evaluated by a surgeon after an initial ED visit for symptomatic gallstones. Patients who did not have physician follow-up were most likely to require emergent cholecystectomy, suggesting inappropriate ED discharge and highlighting the need for timely follow-up. Early outpatient surgical consultation is critical in determining appropriateness for cholecystectomy and avoiding emergent cholecystectomy in older patients with symptomatic gallstones.
Journal of the American College of Surgeons
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.12.011
Dimou, F. M., Adhikari, D., Mehta, H., & Riall, T. S. (2016). Trends in Follow-Up of Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Symptomatic Cholelithiasis. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 222(4), 377-384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.12.011
Trends in Follow-Up of Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Symptomatic Cholelithiasis. / Dimou, Francesca M.; Adhikari, Deepak; Mehta, Hemalkumar; Riall, Taylor S.
In: Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Vol. 222, No. 4, 01.04.2016, p. 377-384.
Dimou, FM, Adhikari, D, Mehta, H & Riall, TS 2016, 'Trends in Follow-Up of Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Symptomatic Cholelithiasis', Journal of the American College of Surgeons, vol. 222, no. 4, pp. 377-384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.12.011
Dimou FM, Adhikari D, Mehta H, Riall TS. Trends in Follow-Up of Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Symptomatic Cholelithiasis. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2016 Apr 1;222(4):377-384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.12.011
Dimou, Francesca M. ; Adhikari, Deepak ; Mehta, Hemalkumar ; Riall, Taylor S. / Trends in Follow-Up of Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Symptomatic Cholelithiasis. In: Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2016 ; Vol. 222, No. 4. pp. 377-384.
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Middle-aged adolescents are a libel on the real thing.
People who behave at forty as they did at twenty must sometimes wonder why their charm is not working.
In middle age, going naked contributes little to public enjoyment.
Some eras worship infancy; some, the aged. None as yet has adored middle age.
Thank God for the passing of the discomforts and vile cuisine of the age of chivalry!
After ages of bombast, the rhetoric of virtue has become ironic and shy.
Old age learns about less after a lifetime of more.
Living too long exacts a painful price.
As a youth, I sought out decadence; as an elder, I try to avoid decay.
Old men feel a slightly reluctant affection for one another.
Old age likes indecency. It's a sign of life.
An old man drinks tea and reads the newspaper--forgetting age for a moment.
Age must give way to youth, no doubt. But not yet, not yet.
The young break rules for fun. The old for profit.
In the present age, a man with harmonious ideas is regarded as out of touch.
With age, I have become both more pious and more shameless.
After sixty, the self-questioning of middle age is obsolete.
Growth provides novel experiences for youth; decay the same, alas, for age.
The noisy vacancy of youth, the quiet vacancy of age.
Youth demands more than ordinary life. Age clings to it.
With age, the mind grows slower and more wily.
With age, comfort becomes more seductive than beauty.
My mentors grow old and foolish. I am afraid.
As an elder I mistrust the wisdom of age.
My taking a seat on the Council of the Fathers caused a desperate fluttering among my ghosts.


Cruising Twitter I came across an RT of someone looking for a person who had used social media to find a new position and who was over 40…. hmmmmm. I sent a reply to the writer, and the result can be read on Fast Company!
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Shareology can't (and shouldn't) spend 100% of her existence on Marketing. In a salute to the well rounded life, periodically Shareology will share (one more share and I'm gonna get fined by the writer's union) her vision of the Twin Cities. Today she takes you to the Japanese Garden, tucked behind Normandale Community College in Bloomington. Guess what she discovered there?
Well, that's the Tranquility Tour, folks. At one point, Shareology spotted four koi happily swimming together under bridges and over rocks. These koi are so big that the great blue heron that terrorized my sister's pond in Rapid City wouldn't stand a chance; these koi are not bite size!
Would I have walked to the very end of the Guthrie bridge if I knew what it looked like from the river? It was my Graduation Day in May of 2008....I had already done all the scary stuff...this bridge out over the river? Piece of Cake!
For those who are wondering, the above is not an ad, but just the result of a quick google. There must be a marketing heart beating beneath the Segway motors: Parked at St. Anthony Main was a teensie car HEAVILY branded with Human On a Stick. If you're following #SMBMSP photos, you've already seen the car. Well, that's it — have a great weekend!


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Faithless Street (1995)
by Whiskeytown
Moodfood Records - MFR 004-2 - 00/00/1995
In July 1995, Whiskeytown convened at the Funny Farm in Apex, North Carolina, with Greg Woods and began tracking their debut album. According to the band's principal singer-songwriter Ryan Adams, the band worked very fast and recorded the album in a week and a half. At least one song ("Hard Luck Story") was written in the studio and laid to tape just minutes later. As guitarist Phil Wandscher noted: "Oh yeah, it was always, how much can you do in this little time? It's all basically live recording, and then it's like, 'Overdubs? We don't have time to overdub, man!' And a lot of times, that worked out better, because you don't have time to mill around and think about it and then fuck stuff up." Wandscher would be the de facto producer of the sessions, although he's not specifically listed as such in the album credits.
Despite the intensity of the sessions, the band still found time to goof off. Violinist Caitlin Caryremembers getting drunk and riding a horse bareback across a nearby field, while other band members played around with firecrackers - which inspired Adams to later remark: "Out in the parking lot across the street... the Roman candles and Black Cats sounded a lot like I'd hope we'd one day sound - pretty little things all set on fire waiting to get destroyed."
1 Midway Park (written by Ryan Adams, Skillet Gilmore, Phil Wandscher)
2 Drank Like A River (written by Ryan Adams, Caitlin Cary, Phil Wandscher)
3 Too Drunk To Dream (written by Ryan Adams, Robert E. Rickers Jr.)
4 What May Seem Like Love (written by Phil Wandscher)
5 Faithless Street (written by Ryan Adams, Caitlin Cary)
6 Mining Town (written by Ryan Adams )
7 If He Can't Have You (written by Ryan Adams, Skillet Gilmore)
8 Black Arrow, Bleeding Heart (written by Ryan Adams)
9 Matrimony (written by Caitlin Cary, Steve Grothmann)
10 Hard Luck Story (written by Ryan Adams)
11 Top Dollar (written by Phil Wandscher)
12 Oklahoma (written by Ryan Adams, Phil Wandscher, Eric Gilmore, Steve Grothman, Caitlin Cary )
13 Revenge (written by Ryan Adams, Phil Wandscher)
Midway Park 61 1995-05-25 2005-06-08
Drank Like A River 52 1995-01-15 2000-09-17
Too Drunk To Dream 50 1995-11-18 1999-12-31
What May Seem Like Love 6 1995-01-28 1996-05-25
Faithless Street 27 1995-01-15 2005-06-08
Mining Town 25 1996-01-26 2006-07-27
If He Can't Have You 9 1995-05-25 1999-12-31
Black Arrow, Bleeding Heart 2 1997-11-03 1999-12-31
Matrimony 15 1996-03-16 1999-12-31
Hard Luck Story 10 1995-11-18 1999-12-31
Top Dollar 4 1995-05-25 1996-11-27
Oklahoma 1 1995-01-15 1995-01-15
Revenge 7 1995-11-18 1999-12-31
Unlike subsequent Whiskeytown releases, Faithless Street features other band members besides Adams on lead vocals - Wandscher sings two songs ("What May Seem Like Love" and "Top Dollar") and Cary sings one ("Matrimony"). Lyrically, a few of Adams' songs on the album were influenced by his hometown of Jacksonville, North Carolina. "Faithless Street" is the figurative name that Adams gave a low-rent housing area of Raleigh where he once lived.
The opening guitar figure on the album's first track ("Midway Park") was inspired by the guitar playing of Peter Buck.
The origin of the song "Lo-Fi Tennessee Mountain Angel (for Kathy Poindexter)" came from a conversation Adams had with Kathy Poindexter, who fronted a local Raleigh punk band named Picasso Trigger. Poindexter had recently written a song about Dolly Parton called "Lo-Fi Tennessee Mountain Angel". Adams loved the idea of someone writing a punk song about Parton so much that he wrote his own song about Poindexter.[
Adams' verdict on Faithless Street: "I think it's a strong youth album. It's crazy. It loves what it borrows from musically: It tips its hat to Gram Parsons, it tips its hat to the Stones, it's shaking hands with Uncle Tupelo on some levels." The young songwriter, in fact, loved the album so much that he talked Geffen Records into buying it from Mood Food Records so that it could be reissued on Outpost three years later.
Ryan Adams — guitar, vocals, producer, photography (trains, back cover)
Caitlin Cary — violin, vocals, producer, photography (small car)
Eric "Skillet" Gilmore — drums, producer
Steve Grothmann — bass, producer
Phil Wandscher — guitar, vocals, producer
Bob Ricker — pedal steel ("Faithless Street")
Chris Stamey — producer, mixing (1998 version)
Greg Woods — recording
Tim Harper — mixing (1998 version), recording (Baseball Park Sessions)
Nicholas Petti — accordion, banjo, pedal steel (Baseball Park Sessions)
Greg Calbi — mastering
Chris Billheimer — design
Melanie Bryan — cover photography, angel photography
Ray Duffy — band photography
Faithless Street sessions: recorded at the Funny Farm, Apex, NC
Baseball Park sessions: recorded at Captured Live!, Durham, NC
Reissue mixed at Modern Recording, July 1998
Mastered at Masterdisk


A preferred food-form of Vitamin B12 that supports the immune system and reduces tiredness and fatigue.
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More Than 200 Million Pounds of Pesticides in U.S. Are Applied to Crops Grown to Feed Animals on Factory Farms
A Meat and Dairy Article from All-Creatures.org
FROM Center for Biological Diversity
An estimated 235 million pounds of herbicides and insecticides were applied to feed crops for factory-farmed animals in the United States in 2018, the most recent year for which complete information is available, according to the report's findings. This reveals that consumers may be having a greater impact on the health of animals and the planet from their meat and dairy choices than they realize.
Hundreds of millions of pounds of toxic pesticides used in the United States are applied to corn and soy crops that are grown to feed factory farmed animals, according to a new report, Collateral Damage, released today by World Animal Protection, US and the Center for Biological Diversity.
The toxic chemicals imperil hundreds of species of already threatened or endangered birds, mammals, insects and amphibians, putting species and biodiversity at extreme risk. The full report can be found here: Collateral Damage: How Factory Farming Drives Up the Use of Toxic Agricultural Pesticides.
An estimated 235 million pounds of herbicides and insecticides were applied to feed crops for factory-farmed animals in the United States in 2018, the most recent year for which complete information is available, according to the report's findings.
Collateral Damage reveals that consumers may be having a greater impact on the health of animals and the planet from their meat and dairy choices than they realize.
"It is critical that we understand the full environmental footprint of animal products so people can understand the true impacts of their food choices," said Cameron Harsh, programs director at World Animal Protection US. "Meat and dairy companies consume resources, such as feed crops and the land used to grow them, at unsustainable rates to create calorie-dense diets for the billions of farmed animals raised in the U.S. each year. Wild animals and ecosystems are paying the price."
Among the report's findings are the threats to protected species from the two most-used pesticides in this country — glyphosate and atrazine.
Glyphosate, roughly 100 million pounds of which were applied to feed crops in 2018, is likely to harm or kill 93% of plants and animals protected under the Endangered Species Act, according to federal regulators. Atrazine, the next most-applied chemical on U.S. feed crops, is banned in 35 countries and likely to harm or kill more than 1,000 protected species.
Expanding production of intensive corn and soy for farmed animal feed is also associated with converting native, biologically diverse grasslands to single-crop production and with polluting waterways, adding further threats to wild species.
"Endangered species like monarch butterflies, San Joaquin kit foxes and whooping cranes are threatened by these pesticides every day just to fuel the cruel and unsustainable factory farm industry," said Lori Ann Burd, environmental health director at the Center for Biological Diversity. "This is outrageous and should be a call to action for everyone who cares about animals."
World Animal Protection, US and the Center for Biological Diversity are calling on individuals and institutions to reduce their consumption of meat and dairy, opting for diets and menus that prioritize plant-based foods to lower impact on animals and the planet. Those interested in strategies for shifting their food choices can look to World Animal Protection's Meating Halfway journey for resources.
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A customised tool to help you understand, analyse and more effectively target your members - created specifically for the needs of associations.
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As both iMIS specialists and association consultants, the team at Causeis understands that member engagement cannot be measured the same way across different organisations. Our tailored approach starts with a collaborative workshop to establish the most meaningful data and measures of success for your organisation and member base. We present these metrics in a custom dashboard and assist you with interpreting the results and developing strategies to responsively target different member segments.
Our special approach delivers an engagement score tailored to your organisation, based on the measures that are the most meaningful to you.
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In a large, sealable freezer bag, combine the sliced flank steak and cornstarch.
Seal, shake, and toss until the flank steak pieces are evenly coated in the cornstarch.
Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a large, heavy bottomed skillet over medium high heat. Once hot, add in the beef pieces and stir-fry until browned, about 2-3 minutes.
Remove the beef from the skillet and set aside.
In the same skillet, add in the ginger and garlic. Cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
Pour in the soy sauce, water, and dark brown sugar, and stir until well combined and the sugar has evaporated.
Cook until the sauce slightly thickens, about 3 minutes, add in the crushed red pepper flakes, and then add back in the beef.
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[[File:RuiChenggang.png|300px|right|thumb|''"I think I can represent Asia."'']][[File:RuiDaibiao.jpg|300px|right|thumb|''Rui "wearing clocks" (''dài biǎo''), a play on "represent" (''dàibiǎo'').'']]
[http://chinadigitaltimes.net/china/rui-chenggang/ Rui Chenggang], former host of the [[CCAV|CCTV]] program "Economic News."
Nickname for [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/china/rui-chenggang/ Rui Chenggang], former [[CCAV|CCTV]] anchor, because of a controversial comment he made at the 2010 G20 summit.
Rui is infamous for his [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2014/07/netizens-voices-rui-chenggangs-patriotism/ staunch nationalism]. At a press conference during the 2010 G20 summit in South Korea, Barack Obama invited the Korean press to ask him a final question. Instead, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_nEZzdyvec Rui Chenggang raised his hand]. "I hate to disappoint you President Obama," he began. "I'm actually Chinese, but I think I get to represent the entire Asia. We're one family here in this part of the world."
Ruì Dàibiǎo 芮代表
"I think I can represent Asia."
Rui "wearing clocks" (dài biǎo), a play on "represent" (dàibiǎo).
Nickname for Rui Chenggang, former CCTV anchor, because of a controversial comment he made at the 2010 G20 summit.
Rui is infamous for his staunch nationalism. At a press conference during the 2010 G20 summit in South Korea, Barack Obama invited the Korean press to ask him a final question. Instead, Rui Chenggang raised his hand. "I hate to disappoint you President Obama," he began. "I'm actually Chinese, but I think I get to represent the entire Asia. We're one family here in this part of the world."
Rui set the Chinese blogosphere abuzz. Some saw in his comments China's increasing regional assertiveness, while others heard another example of how the Chinese government presumes to represent the Chinese people without their consent.
In July 2014, Rui was detained along with several other staff at CCTV's financial channel on suspicion of graft. The sweep was so sudden that his desk was left vacant during the day's edition of his show. His case remained silent until April 2016, when the China Business Journal reported that Rui will soon stand trial. No further developments have been reported since.
Wojiaoqianbuduoxiansheng (@我叫钱不多先生): When I met Rui Chenggang that year, I told him, "Give me an English signature!" He replied, "I only have a Chinese name!" Is Representative Rui is still alive these days? (July 18, 2016)
那一年,见到芮成钢时,我对他说:"帮我签个英文名!"他对我说:"我只有中文名!"现如今,芮代表还活着吗 [Chinese]
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News Israeli Citizens eligible for E-2 Investor Visa
Israeli Citizens eligible for E-2 Investor Visa
joshuabratter April 16, 2019 E2 Visa (Investor Visa)
The U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv has announced that a treaty investor agreement (E2 Visa) has been ratified between the United States and Israel. It will become effective as of May 1, 2019. Israelis wishing to invest funds in a business in the United States will be eligible.
The E-2 investor visa allows a national of a treaty country to enter the US when investing a "substantial" amount of capital in an American-based business. The business may be their own company, a startup. or an existing business which is at least 50% owned by the treaty national. Currently, the U.S. has treaties with more than 80 states.
This visa has a variety of benefits that do not exist in other temporary work visas, including
No requirement for an academic degree or experience, minimum wage or business seniority.
It grants a work permit in the US to dependent spouses and allows residence outside the US. A spouse is permitted to work at any job.
An investing entrepreneur may qualify support personnel (both technical and executive) from the same nationality to support the business.
E-2 investors may qualify domestic employees for accompanying visas.
No set dollar figure constitutes a minimum amount of investment to be considered "substantial" for E-2 visa purposes. The amount needs to be sufficient to support the likelihood that the treaty investor will successfully develop and direct the enterprise (existing case law has determined the amount can be less than the magic $100,000 threshold).
Over the past 20 years our team has worked with E-2 investors from over 30 countries working in fields ranging from early stage IT startups to fully operational hospitality ventures.
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La validez de los pasaportes Venezolanos fue extendida – lo que necesita saber
Validity of Venezuelan passports extended – what you need to know
Immigration through the Prism of the NBA Playoffs
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Visit Annapolis & Anne Arundel County (VAAAC) was awarded the Exhibitor Choice Award during the 18th annual Travel Media Showcase (TMS) held in Cabarrus County, North Carolina August 22-25. VAAAC Vice President of Public Relations and Communications, Susan Seifried, accepted the award on behalf of her organization.
Seventy-eight journalists from across the United States and Canada were invited to cast their ballots for the exhibitor they felt best represented his/her destination during the annual showcase. VAAAC was selected from a field of 67 destination marketing organizations and suppliers from the United States, Canada and Mexico.
During two days on the marketplace floor, Seifried met with 29 journalists in pre-scheduled appointments and with dozens of additional media representatives during TMS networking events. The goal was to introduce journalists to Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, share story ideas and promote media coverage of destination.


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Current and retired North Coast legislators send strong rebuke on KHSU dismantling
Chancellor Timothy P. White
401 Golden Shore
Re: KHSU Shut Down
Dear Chancellor White,
We are writing today out of grave concern for the way our local community radio station, KHSU, was shut down and abandoned by Humboldt State's executive leadership.
The shutdown occurred on a Friday, with police on scene, and zero notice given to employees and volunteers who were terminated or to the thousands of listeners who depend on the station every single day. The way this went down was completely avoidable and a slap in the face to Humboldt County and the North Coast.
For generations, the people of Humboldt have relied on the dulcet voices of long-experienced local broadcasters and first-timers alike. Time and again our community rallied around this station to preserve its mission of being a community gathering grounds for diverse voices, debate and the latest news from across the North Coast.
Just last week KHSU concluded a successful community fundraising drive, where local businesses and residents put their priorities and names on the line to support the station and their award winning programing. The reckless manner and timing of HSU shutting down this amazing station could not have been worse and it's time for the long-term decision making by a short-term administration to stop.
Major decisions made behind closed doors, and with zero transparency, simply do not work for this community. It hurts the credibility of the University and makes everyone's job harder (especially the incoming President). There was absolutely no reason for this situation to unfold as it has and we want it to stop.
We are formally requesting your office take action on the following:
Do not make any further moves with KHSU until the new administration has been installed. Specifically, immediately cease any effort to abandon, sell, transfer, or contract out KHSU until the new administration has reviewed any and all plans. And the community must be involved in any future dialogue with the station. KHSU goes far beyond being a University asset and should not be evaluated and disposed of without community input.
Require that any further decisions by the next administration be made with community transparency and
Transparency is the foundation of any successful government. If you lead with openness and respect, the community will be with you.
Thank you for your consideration of this request and we look forward to talking with you very soon about this important issue.
Mike McGuire, Senator 2nd District
Jim Wood, Assemblymember 2nd
Wes Chesbro, Former Senator
Patty Berg, Former Assemblymember
Tags KHSU, KHSU 90.5 FM
KHSU broadcast problems were due to ransomware attack
Council taking up Plaza street closure, considering resolution in support of KHSU
KHSU aftermath aired before KEET board, on TV


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Thoriated tungsten radioactivity risk to welders
Supplier: Welding Automation
For quite some time, tungsten manufacturers have added an oxide to pure tungsten to improve the arc starting characteristics and the longevity of welding electrodes.
While 2 per cent Thoriated tungsten has been the most commonly used tungsten material for many years, this electrode type is increasingly being scrutinised because of concerns for the environment and for the safety of users of this material. The concerns arise from the fact that the element thorium is radioactive.
On this basis, many organisations have evaluated alternative tungsten types to see what changes in performance they would see by transitioning to non-radioactive tungsten.
The radioactivity problem
The Thorium used in 2 per cent Thoriated tungsten is a radioactive element and therefore can be dangerous to the health of those exposed to it and to the environment.
It is an alpha emitter, however when it is inside a tungsten electrode rod, it is enclosed in a tungsten matrix and so there is little radiation emitted externally.
The main risk to the welder occurs in the ingestion of the material. This occurs primarily during the inhalation of dust caused during grinding of tips for welding, but also to a lesser extent during breathing of any fumes released during welding.
The American Welding Society, in their A5.12 "Specification for Tungsten and Tungsten-Alloy Electrodes for Arc Welding and Cutting" states the following on this issue: "Thorium is radioactive and may present hazards by external and internal exposure. If alternatives are technically feasible, they should be used."
They confirm that the primary concern in using this material is in ingesting dust produced while grinding points on electrodes.
They go on to say: "...during the grinding of electrode tips there is generation of radioactive dust, with the risk of internal exposure. Consequentially, it is necessary to use local exhaust ventilation to control the dust at the source, complemented if necessary by respiratory protective equipment."
Europe has also recognised the dangers of 2 per cent Thoriated tungsten. TWI (The Welding Institute), which is the British equivalent of the AWS, reports that "The British Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have issued an information document to provide for the storage and use of Thoriated tungsten electrodes.
"This states that local exhaust ventilation should be provided during the grinding operation, and that the dust from the grinding equipment and the spent tips are disposed of in a sealed container to a landfill disposal site."
Further: "The HSE has recommended to factory inspectors that, where Thoriated tungsten electrodes are not necessary for the quality of the weld, users should be encouraged to look for alternatives."
In a highly detailed study conducted by the DVS (the German Welding Society), they measured the amounts of radioactive alpha particles and gamma energy sprectra in the ambient air during the grinding of tungsten electrodes.
Some of the recommendations of this study included: (i) it is recommended to work, if possible, without the use of welding electrodes containing Thorium; (ii) if this is not possible, precautions should be taken to protect employees against the contamination with or the inhalation of grinding dust; and (iii) the working area shall be cleaned regularly in order to avoid contamination caused by deposited dust.
Another study was conducted in Germany by the State of Bavaria, Department for Development and Environmental issues.
They concluded that in facilities where there is no dust extraction system for Thoriated tungsten grinding, the exposure to harmful particles is four times greater than with extraction. However, even though dust collection provides a significant improvement, levels may still be too high.
In addition, they mentioned that Thoriated tungsten electrodes stored in boxes on a shelf do not seem to pose any potential hazards.
At the moment, a proposal has been placed before the European Community Commission to drastically increase the severity of legal regulations with respect to the use and disposal of Thoriated electrodes.
In the State of California, tungsten manufacturers now include packaging of 2 per cent Thoriated tungsten electrodes that include a warning such as the one Osram Sylvania uses, which is, "WARNING: This product contains or produces a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer. (California Health and Safety Code 25249.5 et seq.)"
Finally, one of the major US tungsten manufacturers, Teledyne Tungsten Products, list the following cautions/warnings in their MSDS Sheets:
"Thorium is a naturally occurring low level radioactive element. Thorium is primarily an alpha emitter. Daughters in the decay chain emit alpha, beta, and gamma radiation. Radioactive elements are regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The NRC publishes regulations regulations regarding radioactive materials."
"Effects of overexposure: ...Chronic inhalation of the dust may cause lung damage in humans."
"Carcinogenic assessment: NTP-1 (Thoria). Note: NTP-1: Substances or groups of substances that are known to be carcinogenic. 'Known carcinogens' are defined by the NTP (National Toxicology Program) report as those substances for which there is sufficient evidence of carninogenicity from studies in humans to indicate a causal relationship between the agent and human cancer."
"Toxicological Information: ...Heavy exposure to the dust or the ingestion of large amounts of the soluble compounds produces changes in body weight, behavior, blood cells, choline esterase activity and sperm in experimental animals."
Non-radioactive tungsten materials
Due to the problem discussed in the section above, two significant alternative, non-radioactive tungsten materials have been developed. The first one, introduced in the 1980's, is most commonly available as 2 per cent ceriated tungsten. This material is commonly used for lower amperage DC welding applications. In fact, it holds a very high market share in sales for the orbital welding process.
More recently, 1½ per cent lanthanated tungsten has emerged as what could be the future standard for tungsten electrodes.
The 1½ per cent by weight content (as opposed to 2 per cent) was chosen by three of the largest manufacturers as the optimum content amount based on scientific studies which showed that this content amount most closely mirrors the conductivity characteristics of 2 per cent Thoriated tungsten.
Therefore, welders can usually easily replace their radioactive 2 per cent Thoriated material with this tungsten and not have to make any welding program changes.
In addition, since the lanthanum oxide material is less dense that thorium oxide, a stick of 1½ per cent (by weight) lanthanated tungsten actually contains 15 per cent more oxides by volume than a stick of 2 per cent (by weight) Thoriated tungsten. This aids in arc starting and stability, as well as longevity, because the additional volume of oxides keep the tip cooler.
Finally, 1½ per cent lanthanated tungsten is suitable for both AC and DC welding applications. Therefore, facilities that stock both 2 per cent Thoriated tungsten for DC welding and another tungsten type (usually pure or zirconiated tungsten) for AC welding, could stock only one tungsten type.
In order to evaluate the feasibility of switching to 1½ per cent lanthanated tungsten for DC welding applications, a number of studies have been performed. The following are summaries of a few of them:
At the 1998 American Welding Society Exhibition in Detroit, Michigan, one major tungsten manufacturer presented an independent study performed on 1½ per cent lanthanated tungsten. In summary, 2 per cent Thoriated, 2 per cent ceriated and two manufacturer's 1½ per cent lanthanated tungsten were compared by observing tip erosion after 300 DC arc strikes at both 70 amps and 150 amps. In both the lower and higher amperage tests, the 1½ per cent lanthanated tungsten showed the least amount of tip erosion and the most consistent arc behavior.
The Air Force conducted a study of 1½ per cent lanthanated tungsten versus 2 per cent Thoriated tungsten to evaluate arc starting characteristics, current capability, and penetration.
They used 5/32" diameter electrodes to weld 6061-T6 Aluminum and 304 stainless steel with a Miller 350 Synchrowave GTAW machine.
Using both high frequency and touch start, the lanthanated electrodes performed better than or equal to the Thoriated electrodes.
Also, the tip geometry was more stable at high current on the lanthanated electrodes. There was no significant difference found in arc stability, penetration, or weld bead shape.
Finally, they concluded that it was not necessary to recertify existing weld procedures or operators when using lanthanated electrodes.
Independent investigations were carried out at the Institut de Soudure in Paris, the Institut fuer Schweisstechnische Fertigungsverfahren of the TH-Aachen and at the Schweisstechnische Zentralanstalt in Vienna.
They found that in every case the service life of lanthanated electrodes was longer than Thoriated electrodes. In addition, the electrode consumption rate was higher for Thoriated electrodes than for lanthanated. No differences could be ascertained regarding the arc starting behavior.
The commonly used 2 per cent Thoriated tungsten type is a potential health hazard. Non-radioactive 1½ per cent lanthanated tungsten is an alternative to this material that provides for an easy transition and often produces better performance.
Welding Automation and its distributors carry stocks of 2% Lathinated Tungsten, which has been shown in Australian trials carried out by the Australian (former Submarine, now) Shipbuilding Corporation to most closely match the performance of 2% Thoriated Tungsten.
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